Gisbert Haefs

Gisbert Haefs (2010)

Gisbert Haefs [ hɑːfs ] (born January 9, 1950 in Wachtendonk ) is a German writer and translator . He is the brother of Hanswilhelm Haefs and Gabriele Haefs .

Life

Haefs studied English and Hispanic studies from 1968 to 1976 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn . During his studies he composed and interpreted macabre chansons , which were also released on record in 1981 under the title Bizarre Chants .

He then worked as a freelance writer and translator of Spanish, French and English-language literature, a. a. by Adolfo Bioy Casares , Arthur Conan Doyle , GK Chesterton , Georges Brassens and Mark Twain . In 2004 Haefs provided a translation of all the lyrics (Lyrics 1962–2001) by Bob Dylan , published by Hoffmann und Campe . For the works of Rudyard Kipling , Ambrose Bierce and Jorge Luis Borges , he not only acted as translator, but also as editor of the German-language complete editions. Haefs also published a selection of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg's aphorisms under the title Sudelbrevier and wrote numerous articles for the literary magazine Der Rabe . In 2005 he translated Hugh Lofting's children 's book Doctor Dolittle and his Animals .

In addition, Haefs wrote numerous novels and stories from different genres such as B. the science fiction tetralogy about Dante Barakuda or detective novels about the anti-hero and "universal dilettante" Baltasar Matzbach and the unwilling agent Mario Guderian.

The (crime) stories about the triumvirate were produced by WDR as a radio play and are repeatedly broadcast on the radio. Three of the radio plays ( Das Triumvirat , Das Triumvirat thinks , Das Triumvirat is crazy ) were published as audio books by Audiobuch-Verlag in 2006 , a fourth ( Das Triumvirat hext ) was performed live on September 28, 2007 with new speakers.

His historical novels from ancient times , written with great detailed knowledge and empathy, are particularly successful , in which Haefs often breaks through the image that has prevailed since the Renaissance and describes historical events from a new perspective, such as the story of Hannibal from the perspective of the third Punic War submerged Carthaginians .

He also contributed two so-called guest novels to the science fiction series Perry Rhodan . The Iron Finger of God appeared as volume 2289 of the booklet series on July 1, 2005; The Tamaron (volume 2758) followed on June 27, 2014.

Gisbert Haefs is a member of the Kipling Society in London and the crime writers' association The Syndicate .

As a popular author in Spain , he takes part in the "Semana Negra" (the "Black Week") in Gijón every year.

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Detective novels

Balthasar Matzbach

• 1981: Murder on the Millions Hill
• 1983: And upstairs is a raven
• 1984: The double grave in Provence
• 1985: Murderers and Martens
• 1993: Matzbach's navel
• 1996: No free beer for Matzbach
• 1998: Cuddle murder
• 2003: Fireworks for Matzbach
• 2012: Final rescue kiss
• 2015: Incidents (Story Collection)

Mario Guderian

• 1996: The general's giggle
• 2000: Andalusian departure

Further

• 1987: The Triumvirate (short stories)
• 1989: The shadow lane
• 1990: Joyful Events (Stories)
• 1996: On the border (short stories)
• 1998: Love, Death and Münstereifel (short stories)
• 2000: I dream of you in the grave
• 2001: a nasty surprise

Science fiction novels

Dante Barakuda:

1. 1986: Shilgat arms smugglers
2. 1986: The killer mothers of Pasdan (Volume 1 and Volume 2 together also under the title Pasdan )
3. 1986: The Free Traders of Cadhras (also under the title Gashiri )
4. 1986: The Summits of Banyadir (also called Banyadir )

• 1994: Dream time for agents
• 2007: The Travels of the Mungo Carteret

Perry Rhodan

• 2005: The Iron Finger of God , (Perry-Rhodan Heftroman No. 2289), Pabel-Moewig (2005)
• 2014: The Tamaron , (Perry-Rhodan-Heftroman No. 2758), Pabel-Moewig (2014)

Historical novels

Carthage:

• Hannibal. The Roman Carthage. German Book Association, Stuttgart 1989
• Hamilcar's garden. Heyne Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-453-14299-2 .
  • reissued under the title: The Gold of Carthage. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-453-43131-7 .
• The sword of Carthage. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2005, ISBN 978-3-453-01208-0 .
• The murderers of Carthage. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-52528-3 .
• The prostitutes of Carthage. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-453-26853-1 .

Alexander the Great:

• Alexander. The novel of the unification of Greece Hellas. Haffmans Verlag, Zurich 1992
• Alexander - The novel of the conquest of a world empire Asia. Gutenberg Book Guild, Frankfurt am Main 1993
• Alexander's heirs. Alexander 3. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-453-26856-2 .

Jakob Spengler:

• The Emperor's Revenge. Page & Turner Verlag, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-20301-7 .
• The Ragusa labyrinth. Page & Turner Verlag, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-20389-5 .

Further:

• Troy. Heyne Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 978-3-453-12906-1 .
• Raja. btb Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-3-442-75033-7 .
• Roma - The first death of Marcus Aurelius. Diana Verlag, Munich 2001
• Pilate's lover. btb Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-442-75101-3 .
• Caesar. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-26550-9 .
• Beowulf. The story of Beowulf and what he did. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-458-35006-4 .
• The captain's ear. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-453-26930-9 .

Translations

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet. Work edition volume 1. Haffmans Verlag, Zurich.
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles. , Work edition volume 3. Haffmans Verlag, Zurich.
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Work edition volume 5. Haffmans Verlag, Zurich.
• Bob Dylan: Lyrics 1962-2001. All lyrics. German English. Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-455-01591-1 .
• Robert Shelton: Bob Dylan. No Direction Home. His life, his music 1941-1978. Edel Germany, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-8419-0065-4 .
• Rudyard Kipling: Overboard. Edition Büchergilde, Frankfurt am Main, ISBN 978-3-86406-060-1 .

Awards

• 1981 Edgar Wallace Prize
• 1989 German Crime Prize
• 1990 Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize
• 1991 Literature Prize from the LESE Society in Bonn
• 1995 German Science Fiction Prize
• 1998 Niederrheinischer Literaturpreis der Stadt Krefeld
• 1999 Rheinischer Literaturpreis Siegburg

As well as numerous awards in Spain, where his books are published by Edhasa.

literature

• Michael Falkenstein: A conversation with Gisbert Haefs. In: Wolfgang Jeschke (Ed.): The Science Fiction Year 1995 , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag , Munich, ISBN 3-453-07967-1 , pp. 387-407.
• Peter Habermehl : ›Oh, Tiggo ...‹. Gisbert Haefs' »Hannibal« (1989), read cursory. In: Bernd Seidensticker , Martin Vöhler : Myths in post-mythical times. Antiquity in contemporary German-language literature. De Gruyter, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-11-016869-3 , pp. 135-151.

Web links

• Literature by and about Gisbert Haefs in the catalog of the German National Library
• Gisbert haefs in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Gisbert Haefs at Open Library
• Website of the authors' association "Das Syndikat"
• Interview with Gisbert Haefs at buchkritik.at
• Kipling Society
• "Semana Negra" (the "Black Week")